Equilibrium shapes of smectic-A phase grown from isotropic phase.

作者: Hiroyoshi Naito , Masahiro Okuda , Ou-Yang Zhong-can

DOI: 10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.70.2912

关键词: Materials scienceGibbs free energyCurvatureTheoretical physicsElastic energyCylinderCondensed matter physicsSurface energyIsotropyPhase (matter)Integral equation

摘要: Equilibrium shapes of a smectic-A phase grown from an isotropic have been investigated. An integral equation which describes the equilibrium is derived by taking account difference in Gibbs free energy between and phase, curvature elastic interface energy. It shown that popular family solutions are given some Weingarten surfaces. The cylinder structures with without beaded configurations observed growth can be well explained terms such

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